Living With Diabetes and Want to Fast During Ramadan?Living With Diabetes and Want to Fast During Ramadan?

News - 4 April 2023

Diabetes UK, the UK’s leading national charity for people living with and affected by diabetes, has teamed up with Healthcare Professionals to provide advice in English, Urdu and Sylheti, to support you in making the right decision about whether or not to fast in this holy month.

Our advice is culturally tailored, acknowledging the difficult decision that thousands of Muslims have to make about whether they should fast, and the impact of this if they are living with a long term condition such as diabetes.

Also included is advice on small changes that you can make to your food throughout Ramadan and beyond, to help you and your family have a healthier Ramadan.


We have just launched the three videos available on our YouTube Channel Here

These and other videos can be found on Diabetes UK’s Learning Zone portal, this is an award-winning, interactive tool to help educate and support people with diabetes. Clinically approved and endorsed by experts – you can feel confident about the information we give. You can Join Learning Zone for advice on what to eat and tips for managing diabetes day-to-day – all completely free and tailored to you. Find out more here.

 

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